Blackmun also received $160,610 in "other compensation from the organization and related organizations." According to USOC communications director Patrick Sandusky, that includes health care benefits, savings and company matches of savings.

Blackmun's total compensation, $902,977, included a base salary of $456,211 and a long-term performance bonus of some $140,000 he is scheduled to receive in 2014.

The earnings list includes $655,219 for former chief operating officer Norm Bellingham, who worked full-time for the USOC less than two months in 2011 (he was a consultant through the end of the year), and $365,178 for Sandusky (4th highest compensated.)

Tribune reporter Philip Hersh noted 83 employees received reportable compensation of $100,000 or more from the USOC in 2011. "That is four more six-figure payouts than the year before, he writes. "Meanwhile, athlete medal bonuses ($25,000, $15,000, $10,000) have not increased for more than a decade."

A rep defended USOC, saying its executive salaries are on par with similar jobs at major college sports programs.

"The USOC is dedicated to excellence and demands a great deal from USOC executives. In order to recruit and retain the very best in the business, we provide market-based compensation," Sandusky said in an email to The Trib. "However, independent research has shown that these salaries are well in-line, and often less, than salaries at other top sports organizations throughout the country.

"In addition, at every position where we have made a new hire over the course of the last 2-plus years (i.e. the CEO, CAO, CCO, etc) the person we have recruited has been paid a salary that is less than what we paid their predecessor."

For the whole list, click here. Then click on "2011 tax disclosure" and look at Section VII of the Form 990.